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Post by auntym on May 30, 2011 0:50:54 GMT -6
i was always a big fan of CHARLES DURNING, and i never knew he was a hero from WW11..... 3 PURPLE HEARTS & A SILVER STAR.... this video says it all.....
have a safe and fun-filled day....but don't forget to take some time and honor our men and women who protect this country....
NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT | Charles Durning | PBS
Uploaded by PBS on May 4, 2007
As a 21-year-old infantryman, Charles Durning, one America's premier character actors, was among the first wave of men to land on Omaha Beach during World War II. In this exclusive video clip introduced by Tom Hanks, Durning talks about his war experiences for which he was awarded three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star.
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Post by skywalker on May 30, 2011 1:08:46 GMT -6
Hoo-ahh and Semper fi to all of our soldiers. Happy Memorial Day to all of them.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2011 6:33:21 GMT -6
Happy Memorial Day to all our soldiers who served for this great country and our allies !!!
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Post by satansrini on May 30, 2011 10:14:48 GMT -6
So Memorial Day commemorates all the Military People in America during WW??
regards, Srinivas
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Post by casper on May 30, 2011 11:14:15 GMT -6
Memorial Day was first started back in the 1860s to honor the people who had died in the Civil War. It was first called Decorations Day. Now it is celebrated to honor all soldiers who serve in the military, especially the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Post by lois on May 30, 2011 20:57:53 GMT -6
PBS has a very good documentary for the soldiers tonight . been watching it, and could not leave the room. I did not realize how many Americans are buried over seas in military cemetaries. They have been visiting them who were their conrads and family members also and the story about their loved one who died. Anyone else watching this? First it shows scenes of the battle, then the men in that battle and where they are buried. The Dropping of the atomic bomb was a horrible thing, but after watching shows like this . I think to myself . Why could we not of invented it sooner? And had it tested soon. I would of loved to seen Hitler get hit with it. I know President Truman had a touch decision to make but it did save many American lives which other wards may have been lost. Americans will always have this day for there soldier boys. RIP..
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Post by lois on May 30, 2011 21:10:47 GMT -6
My oldest brother who is 84 now served in that war. His ship went out for battle and his was left behind to guard prisoners . His ship was destroyed. Our family always thank the lord for bringing him home to us..My Mother was giving birth in a hospital when the ship sunk. Someone came to my home and told us from the red cross or it could of been military.. I was only three years old so I do not remember any of it. My father got to the hospital to tell my Mother only minutes before she heard it on the radio.
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Post by lois on May 30, 2011 21:21:18 GMT -6
His photo is in my family album on facebook if any of my friends here would like to look at it. It is full body size of him in his uniform he wore as a guard. shoes and bands around his ankles I have never in my life seen one soldier dressed this way in a picture.
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Post by Steve on May 30, 2011 21:57:02 GMT -6
PBS has a very good documentary for the soldiers tonight . been watching it, and could not leave the room. I did not realize how many Americans are buried over seas in military cemetaries. They have been visiting them who were their conrads and family members also and the story about their loved one who died. Anyone else watching this? First it shows scenes of the battle, then the men in that battle and where they are buried. The Dropping of the atomic bomb was a horrible thing, but after watching shows like this . I think to myself . Why could we not of invented it sooner? And had it tested soon. I would of loved to seen Hitler get hit with it. I know President Truman had a touch decision to make but it did save many American lives which other wards may have been lost. Americans will always have this day for there soldier boys. RIP.. I know my father, and in a way me, and my sisters too are alive because of the Atomic bomb. My dad was a paratrooper, and they just retook Corrigidor (airdropped in from only 300 feet). It was their last major operation in February 1945 for his outfit. Everyone in his outfit knew they were next going to be in the invasion of the Japan (Operation Olympic). A million allied casualties expected. They all basically knew they were going to die. The dropping of those weapons changed everything. Terrible as they where, the atomic bombs showed us one possible future that didn't have to be. It save millions of lives, preserved from total destruction a beautiful oriental culture in the clutches of fascism. Once again civilians died horribly to finally show stupid politicians once again what reality is - as is often the case in history. My dad is 88, my mom 85. That amazing generation. Steve
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2011 22:41:54 GMT -6
My dad served in the NAVY in WWII . He was on a destroyer in the pacific fleet. He rarely talked about it , but I did hear him talk some about Japanese zeros that they had to fend off. Thank You to all who served in every timeline in all branches !!!
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Post by Steve on May 30, 2011 23:02:19 GMT -6
My dad served in the NAVY in WWII . He was on a destroyer in the pacific fleet. He rarely talked about it , but I did hear him talk some about Japanese zeros that they had to fend off. Thank You to all who served in every timeline in all branches !!! Sounds like your Dad was at Okinawa in the destroyers screening the Allied invasion fleet? - some 1500 ships no less. Those radar pickets provided the early warn for the bigger ships behind them, and they took a terrible brunt of suicide planes. So strange, sailors fighting to live against pilots fighting to die. Memories not forgotten. My Dad seldom talked about some things either, and I never pressed him. We understand why. Thanks Cliff. Steve
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Post by satansrini on May 31, 2011 0:48:53 GMT -6
Memorial Day was first started back in the 1860s to honor the people who had died in the Civil War. It was first called Decorations Day. Now it is celebrated to honor all soldiers who serve in the military, especially the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2011 2:42:02 GMT -6
My dad was a paratrooper, and they just retook Corrigidor (airdropped in from only 300 feet). It was their last major operation in February 1945 for his outfit. Everyone in his outfit knew they were next going to be in the invasion of the Japan (Operation Olympic). A million allied casualties expected. They all basically knew they were going to die. The dropping of those weapons changed everything. My grandfather wasn't a paratrooper, but he knew he was going to be in the invasion of Japan also. I probably wouldn't be here either if it was not for the atomic bomb.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2011 9:00:56 GMT -6
My dad served in the NAVY in WWII . He was on a destroyer in the pacific fleet. He rarely talked about it , but I did hear him talk some about Japanese zeros that they had to fend off. Thank You to all who served in every timeline in all branches !!! Sounds like your Dad was at Okinawa in the destroyers screening the Allied invasion fleet? - some 1500 ships no less. Those radar pickets provided the early warn for the bigger ships behind them, and they took a terrible brunt of suicide planes. So strange, sailors fighting to live against pilots fighting to die. Memories not forgotten. My Dad seldom talked about some things either, and I never pressed him. We understand why. Thanks Cliff. Steve that reminds me of him saying that there were ships as far as the eye could see in every direction,,,id forgotten about that,,,thanks !!! one other thing he mentioned too was that their ships surrounded an island to test a bomb. I dont know if it was nuclear or hydrogen, either or, it must have been quite a site .
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2011 16:27:30 GMT -6
Memorial day has become our nation's way of honoring our military troops the world over as well as those who have died in the line of duty giving the ultimate sacrifice. My Dad was Navy in world war II my husband a Viet Nam Vet.
I think you're absolutely right Steve..the atomic bomb showed the world a horrendous possibility.
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Post by skywalker on Jun 1, 2011 10:04:21 GMT -6
The atomic bomb keeps other atomic bombs from being used. It's a scary idea but it seems to work. Nobody has used one in warfare in almost seven decades. Hopefully it will stay that way.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2011 10:17:49 GMT -6
It's a shame that we have to witness something before we come to the conclusion it's something we never want to witness.
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Post by auntym on May 26, 2013 14:36:43 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on May 27, 2013 10:48:04 GMT -6
www.ufodigest.com/article/memorial-day-salute-part-iiiMay 27, 2013 A Memorial Day salute to those who died in connection with UFOs Part IIIBy Doc Vega As we observe Memorial Day let us not forget the men who died confronting the UFO legacy. Much has been written about the incredible year of 1952 when several well documented UFO flaps eclipsed the news headlines and sent hysterical US citizens to the phones calling in sightings from all over the country. It was a year that saw the famous Washington National Sightings where in the month of July for several weeks US Air Force pilots chased flying saucers over Capitol Hill without success. President Truman demanded answers from the Joint Chiefs of Staff while General John A. Samford held the most important military press conference since World War II to explain just how UFO’s had been sighted over several nights above the nation’s capital. If you missed Part I in this series click here. www.ufodigest.com/article/memorial-day-0525If you missed Part II in this series click here. www.ufodigest.com/article/memorial-day-partii-0526The Flatwoods Monster However, on 12 September 1952 a major penetration of US air space occurred by at least 4 reported flying saucers that unleashed an all-out Strategic Air Command response pitting squadrons of fighter aircraft against the radar tracked routes of incoming aerial intruders. On that fateful night as fighter pilots were scrambled from air bases across the US to intercept the unknown, one particularly eerie incident occurred and became well documented. The Flatwoods Monster Incident stands out in UFO history as a milestone in unexplained alien landings with proven contact between witnesses and the occupants of a landed UFO. According to Frank Feschino, who I met while at a Crash Retrieval Conference in Las Vegas, several pilots disappeared or were killed in defense of US air space that night as a train of unidentified flying objects shot across the domestic zone interior of the United States from over the Atlantic Ocean eliciting scramble alerts from USAF bases all over America. A desperate battle was waged against these aerial intruders who split up once crossing over the US into four separate tracks taking each of them to different parts of the country. As Frank gave his presentation to members of the audience, he told of how one particular flying disk soared over the skies of Braxton County, West Virginia and the little town of Sutton capturing the attention of several boys playing football on a school field. The strange unearthly craft shot across the night sky and came to rest on a hill in the Flatwoods area. There the flying machine from another world landed and glowed from its high speed trek through the earth’s atmosphere. The boys quickly made their way toward the direction of the downed space ship that lay on the outer edge of some farmland close to the residence of the Mays family. Two of the Mays sons joined their pals in search of the mysterious fireball that had shocked the small community and hidden itself in the woods. According to witness accounts a foul odor was emitted from where the craft had landed and an eerie mist hovered in the trees as the boy approached. CONTINUE READING: www.ufodigest.com/article/memorial-day-salute-part-iii[/color]
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Post by auntym on May 26, 2014 12:31:43 GMT -6
ufodigest.com/article/memorial-day-0524May 26, 2014 MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL: THE PARANORMAL WORLD OF WARBy Doc Vega In observance of Memorial Day at a time that when we should stop and pay homage to our brave and fallen warriors who gave their lives so that we can enjoy the freedoms we so easily take for granted. Few of us realize that a strange aspect of war comes into focus. In the realm of life and death often met on the battlefield, in the air, and at sea are compelling stories of our enlisted men and women who are deployed into harm’s way so that our liberty should be preserved. Warned by the voices of the deadDuring World War I and World War II in the midst of the fog of war this well known phenomena was experienced consistently. As soldiers took up defensive positions at Bastogne in the face of German Panzer offensives bizarre reports among servicemen were rumored. As soldiers remained in their fox holes feverishly dug out with entrenching tools awaiting the enemy the voice of the unknown spoke. As German artillery rained down upon the GI’s the uncertainty of being killed by a direct hit from an incoming shell haunted the desperate Americans. The GI was met with a deadly proposition. Either he could remain in the relative shelter of his fox hole minimizing the chances of being hit by shrapnel, or wait for a direct hit from an artillery shell as it’s deadly trajectory brought it in from overhead with its chilling characteristic whistling sound! Many times US troops were literally disintegrated if they waited too long to leap from their fox hole as an incoming shell descended upon them. There was another choice, which could prove just as deadly, and that would be to climb out prematurely from his fox hole and be killed by the concussion of the blast in close proximity of the explosion near his position. Either way, the choice was, at best, a deadly one. Yet, many soldiers reported hearing the voices of their beloved deceased family members urging them to leave their fox hole at the last second saving their lives as they escaped assured death when the shell landed in that very position! Some men said they heard the voice of their mothers either living or passed on. Others said it was the work of God, and Jesus had warned them to climb from the shelter of their fox hole so that they exited their position escaping certain death. Other GI’s reported the presence of an angel literally tugging at them to depart from their foxhole prior to the whistling artillery shell exploding where thay had just crouched in fear! This bizarre experience was reported on many fronts and in many theaters of operation as German and American forces slugged it out across Europe. Who was flying them?Fate magazine at one time was a rich source of paranormal history as was demonstrated by the letters that came in from subscribers who had lived during World War II and fought in it. There were bizarre stories of B-17 Flying Fortresses having been shot up by German ME-109’s or Focke Wulf 190’s being abandoned as the crew were forced to parachute to the ground below often times in enemy territory. This happened frequently as the heavily defended air space over German strategic targets inflicted horrendous casualties among the US Army Air Corps. Yet, an eerie circumstance manifested itself in the embattled skies of Europe. Unmanned B-17’s and B-24 Liberators were witnessed returning to the allied air fields unoccupied! The bombers were had literally flown themselves back to friendly lines empty of a crew. On some occasions even a dead crewman had still remained in the aircraft but had not been in any position within the airplane to fly it. Authorities puzzled over this ghostly aspect of the air war with some officers attributing auto-pilot settings accounting for the phantom arrival of these empty aircraft, but this clearly did not answer all such incidents. Author, Charles Berlitz, asked the question in his book “Limbo of the Lost” if these machines had been driven by the psychic intentions of their crews? Were these flying machines still responding to the will of their masters once the crews had been forced to abandon the aircraft? Why hadn’t the bombers simply crashed as a result of the grievous damage inflicted upon them by the two 8 millimeter wing mounted machine guns and 20 millimeter cannons used on the ME-109? These questions still remain strangely unanswered. From beyond the graveMany women who had just married their young dashing boyfriends who went off to war found sadly months later that their new husbands were reported killed or missing in action. Even though they remarried some time later they reported being visited by their deceased aviator husbands years later. One lady who had remarried had never forgotten her distinct impressions of her fallen husband. When she had dated him prior to their marriage he had always smelled of oil and aviation fuel on his leather jacket after coming in from training with his unit. She testified that decades later she had been paid a visit as she smelled the same petroleum odors she had noticed when her World War II aviator husband had been alive. Other widows of their war time husbands admitted similar experiences. CONTINUE READING: ufodigest.com/article/memorial-day-0524
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Post by auntym on May 26, 2014 13:15:28 GMT -6
www.stumbleupon.com/su/6xIuIC/?utm_campaign=memorial_day&utm_source=twitter_sup&utm_medium=em_sad&utm_content=Mental%20Floss:%20Ten%20Things%20to%20Know%20About%20Memorial%20Day10 Things to Remember About Memorial Dayby David Holzel May 26, 2014 Memorial Day is much more than just a three-day weekend and a chance to get the year's first sunburn. Here's a handy 10-pack of facts to give the holiday some perspective. 1. It started with the Civil WarMemorial Day was a response to the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War, in which some 620,000 soldiers on both sides died. The loss of life and its effect on communities throughout the country led to spontaneous commemorations of the dead: • In 1864, women from Boalsburg, Pa., put flowers on the graves of their dead from the just-fought Battle of Gettysburg. The next year, a group of women decorated the graves of soldiers buried in a Vicksburg, Miss., cemetery. • In April 1866, women from Columbus, Miss., laid flowers on the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers. In the same month, in Carbondale, Ill., 219 Civil War veterans marched through town in memory of the fallen to Woodlawn Cemetery, where Union hero Maj. Gen. John A. Logan delivered the principal address. The ceremony gave Carbondale its claim to the first organized, community-wide Memorial Day observance. • Waterloo, N.Y. began holding an annual community service on May 5, 1866. Although many towns claimed the title, it was Waterloo that won congressional recognition as the "birthplace of Memorial Day." 2. General Logan made it officiallogan.jpgGen. Logan, the speaker at the Carbondale gathering, also was commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans. On May 5, 1868, he issued General Orders No. 11, which set aside May 30, 1868 "for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion." The orders expressed hope that the observance would be "kept up from year to year while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades." 3. It was first known as Decoration DayThe holiday was long known as Decoration Day for the practice of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths, and flags. The name Memorial Day goes back to 1882, but the older name didn't disappear until after World War II. Federal law declared "Memorial Day" the official name in 1967. 4. The holiday is a franchiseCalling Memorial Day a "national holiday" is a bit of a misnomer. While there are 10 federal holidays created by Congress—including Memorial Day—they apply only to Federal employees and the District of Columbia. Federal Memorial Day, established in 1888, allowed Civil War veterans, many of whom were drawing a government paycheck, to honor their fallen comrades without being docked a day's pay. For the rest of us, our holidays were enacted state by state. New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day a legal holiday, in 1873. Most Northern states had followed suit by the 1890s. The states of the former Confederacy were unenthusiastic about a holiday memorializing those who, in Gen. Logan's words, "united to suppress the late rebellion." The South didn't adopt the May 30 Memorial Day until after World War I, by which time its purpose had been broadened to include those who died in all the country's wars. In 1971, the Monday Holiday Law shifted Memorial Day from May 30 to the last Monday of the month. 5. It was James Garfield's finest hour—or maybe hour-and-a-halfOn May 30, 1868, President Ulysses S. Grant presided over the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery—which, until 1864, was Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's plantation. Some 5,000 people attended on a spring day which, The New York Times reported, was "somewhat too warm for comfort." The principal speaker was James A. Garfield, a Civil War general, Republican congressman from Ohio and future president. "I am oppressed with a sense of the impropriety of uttering words on this occasion," Garfield began, and then continued to utter them. "If silence is ever golden, it must be beside the graves of fifteen-thousand men, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem the music of which can never be sung." It went on like that for pages and pages. As the songs, speeches and sermons ended, the participants helped to decorate the graves of the Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery. CONTINUE READING: www.stumbleupon.com/su/6xIuIC/?utm_campaign=memorial_day&utm_source=twitter_sup&utm_medium=em_sad&utm_content=Mental%20Floss:%20Ten%20Things%20to%20Know%20About%20Memorial%20Day
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Post by auntym on May 27, 2015 17:41:07 GMT -6
Amazing Photo of Bald Eagle Perched on Soldier's Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Published on May 26, 2015
A powerful photograph of a Marine praying with his bride-to-be wasn't the only image that captured people's attention over Memorial Day weekend.
A powerful photograph of a Marine praying with his bride-to-be wasn't the only image that captured people's attention over Memorial Day weekend.
Amateur photographer Frank Glick's incredible shot of a bald eagle perched atop a gravestone at Fort Snelling National Cemetery was tweeted by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Sunday, and it touched a nerve with many Americans.
Glick and his companion, Jo Edwards-Johns, spoke to Gretchen Carlson on "The Real Story" about the amazing photo and how it has touched so many people.
Glick explained that he was taking pictures early one morning several years ago when he spotted the bald eagle in the cemetery. He snapped the photo, not knowing it would be such a powerful image.
He revealed that the widow of Maurice Ruch, the soldier on whose gravestone the eagle was perched, was extremely moved by the photo, particularly because she and her husband used to photograph eagles themselves.
"So it really meant a lot of her in a lot of different ways," Glick explained.
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Post by swamprat on May 27, 2016 20:25:18 GMT -6
Starting off the week-end with a video:
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Post by auntym on May 30, 2016 12:04:41 GMT -6
www.space.com/33027-nasa-memorial-day-video-honors-veterans.html?cmpid=514648 NASA Honors Veterans with Memorial Day VideoBy Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor May 30, 2016 Americans are honoring the sacrifice of men and women in the U.S. armed forces on this Memorial Day holiday today (May 30), with NASA marking the occasion with a respectful new video. The video showcases views of U.S. military memorials set to music. "In recognition of Memorial Day, NASA remembers the men and women who have served in the U.S. armed forces and the sacrifices they've made to preserve the freedoms, safety and liberties of Americans throughout our country and around the world," NASA officials wrote in a video description. CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/33027-nasa-memorial-day-video-honors-veterans.html?cmpid=514648
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Post by auntym on May 29, 2017 13:31:37 GMT -6
MEMORIAL DAY 2017
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Post by auntym on May 29, 2017 13:37:33 GMT -6
Calvin and Hobbes @calvinn_Hobbes 6 hours ago Never forget
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